'Ascend' in the Bible
As an offering of first fruits you shall bring them to the Lord, but they shall not ascend for a soothing aroma on the altar.
Then die on the mountain where you ascend, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people,
Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord?And who may stand in His holy place?
He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;Who makes lightnings for the rain,Who brings forth the wind from His treasuries.
If I ascend to heaven, You are there;If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
“But you said in your heart,‘I will ascend to heaven;I will raise my throne above the stars of God,And I will sit on the mount of assemblyIn the recesses of the north.
‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;I will make myself like the Most High.’
When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth;He makes lightning for the rain,And brings out the wind from His storehouses.
“For by the ascent of LuhithThey will ascend with continual weeping;For at the descent of HoronaimThey have heard the anguished cry of destruction.
When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth;He makes lightning for the rainAnd brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
“Though Babylon should ascend to the heavens,And though she should fortify her lofty stronghold,From Me destroyers will come to her,” declares the Lord.
“Though they dig into Sheol,From there will My hand take them;And though they ascend to heaven,From there will I bring them down.
The deliverers will ascend Mount ZionTo judge the mountain of Esau,And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.